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[[Image:LH_Platelet_Histology.jpg|right|thumb|175px<center><p>'''Platelets'''</p><sup>©RVC 2008</sup></center>]]
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[[Image:LH_Platelet_Histology.jpg|right|thumb|175px|<center><p>'''Platelets'''</p><sup>©RVC 2008</sup></center>]]
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
[[Platelet|Platelets]] (or thrombocytes) are responsible for primary haemostasis, the formation of a temporary platelet plug that initially seals any breach to a blood vessel wall.  These breaches are then sealed more completely by the formation of a fibrin clot mediated by the coagulation factor cascade.   
 
[[Platelet|Platelets]] (or thrombocytes) are responsible for primary haemostasis, the formation of a temporary platelet plug that initially seals any breach to a blood vessel wall.  These breaches are then sealed more completely by the formation of a fibrin clot mediated by the coagulation factor cascade.   
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